Attachment for cooking utensils.



C. M. WEST. ATTACHMENT FOR. COOKING UTENSILS. APPLlCATlON FILED NOV.2,1915.

Patented Apr. 9, 1918.

INVENTOR ATTORNEY CLYDE M. Wrasrrgor rIooHE, NE A A.

ATTACHMENT FOR COOKING UTENSILS- Application filajnovember 2, 1915;Serial m. 59,269.

ToaZZ wliom may concern:

a citizen" of the United States, residing at Pioch'e, 1n the county ofLincoln and State of Nevada, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Attachments for r' 1: which the following is CookingUtensils, o

aspecificationr r An object of the present invention is to provide animproved attachment for cooking utensils :that comprehends' a device forconsonantlyl and uniformly feeding or' admlttihg water, or other fluid,to the utensil to; replace the amoun t' of the liquid'contents"ofthe-utensil absorbed by evaporation dur the cookinjgoperation;:firstly. to assure a'u-niform amount of l1qu1d in the utensilatiall times -td expedite cooking of the food contained therein, and;secondly, to guard against andiprevent burning rthe 'food being cookedsuch-as is'c'aused by the entire'evaporation vof thei liquid contents ofthe utensill lAnother object is to provide improved 'means to act inconjunction withthe'utenw silito ifacilitate the correct positioning ofthe-feeding? apparatus thereon; and to pro-'1 vide 'foi' theieasy and'quickYremoval'thereof, shduld'theoperator so jdesii'e; i

.aA furthef object? is toxsomouiit the device in connection 'withtheutensil that the valveflcontrolling the admission of liquid fromv thetank to the utensil 'will be opened andclose'dconsistently with the falland rise ofvthelevelcof .thvliquid contents thereof, and .provide' forthe positive and effectual actuation of the valve especially; at thetime the contents of theutensil isfin a state of agitation. c j i'A:,?Sti-ll Ffurther object ofimy' invention is to provide -animproveddevice of the char acter' set forth above that is -efitremely ,sim-

plerin construction. strongand; durable and highl practical;rom-;.-boththe standpoint oithe;inanut cturerand the; standpoint jgfi hefusen; and,which;itjs-qoelt ved a :b p .7

' dle 15 bywh ch it may befproperly mampui iafiniacture a am n mum o t.

iyarieu the n g s and adva ae s ilr ecame;aprarentdur ne he con inuan e?of; r r t I l'i b yfied-ft0 thebottomeof-the container i r l h a c fiIsane-designatedgbysthe 111 -3100 out the-several views p f x becomeapparent, are accomplished by such --'Be it known that I, CLYDE M.Wns'r,

means as are known in their preferred form in the accompanying drawings,described in the following s'peclfication and then' more specificallypointed out in' 'the appended'fi-fi claims." I In the accompanyingdrawing wherein like charactersdcsignate like partsthrou'gh- "Figure 1isa' view i vertical cross section'60 illustrating my invention inconnection with r a cooking i1tensil oflsubstantially the-con!ventio'nalfo'rm;"' ;Fig.' 2 is'a'" horizontal sectional view of" myinvention taken through the float pro-"= te'cting casing lookingupwardly toward the bottom ofthe liquid containerg' Fig.1?) is a"fragmentary view of the uten sil lid Tshowi'ng the Tsanieconstructed 1"to receive and support'myinv'ention. Y 370 "In the drawings Aidesignates the utensil in connection with which my invention is" shown,this 'being of substantially the conventional: 'form and selectedxii-norder to? facilitate the "proper illustration ofrriy in= vention It willbe understood, therefore," that I am not limited'to lthe' use ofniy:iI'f-"r vention in connection witha titensil of this."

specific form. or configuration inyiew of the i fact 'thafithe, same maybe advantageouslynw employed in "connection with-other. forms of cookingdevices when 'it is 'so' desired. In connection withth'e receptacle i oruten si'l A, I haveshOWn a lid 01' cover lO'upon whi h may be mountedthe body portion-of -s 5 my invention; In order 'to'accommodatexthefloat protectingi'casing of my invention, the construction of whichwill' 'he hereinafterset forth, the lid 10 i provided with a receivingopening 11; yet in-order toprovide-eo for the proper closing ofthisopening when myinvention isnot in use, the lid 10 carries"a;pivfoted cover-1251s at 13. My invention consists more-essentially ofa cfontainer 14' which carriesa' suitablehan 9 5 lated and is furtherprovided on its under ili wi ple e1 J .T p a l s P3 2 mei'al l7 and madeto project slightly beyond the outer wall of the container as clearlyshown in Fig. 1. A collar 18 depends from the plate and supports aperforated float protecting casing 19 which, in the use of my inventionbe passed through the opening 11 of the lid into the interior of theutensil. The bottom of the container 14 and the plate 16 are providedwith coaxial opening through which is mounted a bushing or valve seat20. The openings in the bottom of the container and the plate 16 permitthe contents of the container to enter the utensil by way of theperforated float protecting casing 19.

A float 21 which is formed of a buoyant material, such, for instance, ascork, is mounted to operate in the casing 19 and is supported in anoperative position with relation thereto through the medium of a rod 22.The rod 22 is passed upwardly through an opening 23 in the plate 16 andthence through an opening 24 formed in a suitable supporting bracket 25thatis fixed ad acent the upper edge of the container 1 1 as at 26.

Above the bracket 25, the rod 22 is bent as at 27 to provide a portion28 to extend downwardly to the container'l l and have its end passedthrough the valve seat 20. As will be noted upon reference to Fig. 1 thelower end of the portion 28 of the rod 22 carries a suitable closurevalve 29 for the purpose of normally preventing the contents of thecontainer 14- from passing to the body of the uensil.

By reason of the liquid contents of the utensil A normally tending tobuoy .up the float 21, the valve 29, under ordinary condition will beheld in snug fitting engagement with the seat 20. However, as the levelof the liquid'in the utensil is lowered, the float 21 will necessarilyfall therewithand thus unseat the valve 29. Aslong as the valve 29 isunseated'the contents of the container 14 will be permitted to flow tothe body of the utensil by way of the perforated casing 19. Therefore,it will be seen that-as soon as the liquid in the utensil again reachesthe desired height, the float 21 will operate the valve 29 to stop theflow of liquid from the container 14. Should there be any solid articlesmixed with the liquid contents of the utensil, they will not in any wayimpede the proper movement of the float 21 by rea son of the fact thatthe latter is fully and completely protected by the casing 19. Thiscasing '19-also protects the float when ebullition, and the consequentagitation of the liquid contents of the utensil occurs.

By reason of this removability from the utensil, it will be understoodthat the utensil may be used independently ofthe device if it issodesired. When the utensil is used most practical and preferredembodiment,

but realizing that certain conditions will necessarily vary inconcurrence with the adoption of my device, 1 desire to emphasize thefact that various minor changes in the details of construction and inthe proportion of parts may be resorted to when required withoutsacrificing any of the advantages of my invention as defined in theappended claims.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a device of the character described, the combination with acooking utensil and a lid t ierefor, said lid being provided with anopening, of a liquid container associated with said lid, a plate carriedby said container, a perforated casing carried by said plate, passedthrough said lid opening and projecting into the body portion of saidutensil,

means to conduct liquid from said container through said plate to saidcasing, and float actuated means to control the flow of liquid throughsaid liquid conductor in response tothe rise and fall of the level ofthe liquid contents of said utensil.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination with acooking utensil and a lid therefor having an opening formed therein, ofa liquid'container associated with said utensil, a'plate fixed to saidcontainer, a perforated casing carried by said plate and passing throughsaid lid opening to project interiorly of said utensil, means to conductliquid from said container to said casing whereby it will be permittedto flow into said utensil, and float actuated means to open and closesaid conducting means in re-' sponse to the fall and rise of the levelof the liquid contents of said utensil.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CLYDE M. WEST.

a conduit, a float mounted to operate in said casing, a valve associatedwith said valve seat, a rod connecting said float and said valve, andsaid float adapted to open and close said valve in response to the falland rise of the level of the liquid contents of said utensil.

Witnesses:

C. W. GARRISON, DAN J. RONNON.

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Washington, D. 0."

